Key



Jan. 3, 1928. 1,655,329

v. NIZNANSKY KEY Filed Jan. 22. 1927 h izcczziMlzzzmsly INVENTORATTORNEY Patented Jan. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES VINCENT NIZNANSKY, 0F BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

KEY. 1

Application filed January 22, 1927. Serial No. 162,837.

This invention relates to improvements in keys and has particularreference to aooor key protector,

The primary object of the invention resides in a key for use in hotelsand like public places for preventing a guest or a person'fromforgetting to turn in the key with the clerk in charge when leavingthehotel, which'often results in a loss to the proprietor of suchestablishment, as it is a common practice for such guests tounconsciously carry the key away in his or her pocket or purse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a key attachment whichmakes it awkward for a person to insert the key into the pocket of agarment or in a hand purse, so that it is necessary to hold the keywhich will act as a reminder to the party to turn the same over to thekey clerk before leaving the hotel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a key having a weightedarm swingingly mounted on the stem thereof so as to normally hangdownward. whenthe key is inserted in the lock, and which arm co-actswith the key to make it noticeable upon attempting to insert the same inthe pocket.

A further object of the invention is to provide a key protector which issimple in construction, easy to apply to a key and inexpensive ofmanufacture.

With these and other objects in'view, the invention resides in certainnovel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended'claims, and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- 7 public places and which keyis constructed of a pair of separable sections 12 and 13. The section 12has a manipulating head 14: at one end thereof and a tapering socket 15provided in its other end. The section 'SIOCliQi? 15 of the section'lQ.

13 comprises a stem 16 having the usual web 17 at one end thereof, whilethe opposite end is tapered as at 18 to fit within the A collar 19 isprovided on the stem 16 in spaced relation to thetapered portion 15 andagainst whichan arm 20 engages, andwhich arm. is held by-the end of thesection 12. The

arm 20 is swingingly mounted on the stem 16 by providing the said armwith anopening 21, adjacent one of its ends to receive the stem 16, andthrough which the stem is inserted before applying. the section .12. V?hen assembled, a rivet 22 ispassed through the walls ofhe socket and thetapered end 1.5 ofthe seriion iflto prevent. the sections from pullingapart. j

The lower end of the arm 20 is enlarged and weighted as at 23 to causethe same to automatically hang downward when the key is inserted in thelock of a door. To prevent the weighted end of the arm from swinging andpossibly striking. the door jainb and causing injury thereto, I providea rubber bumper 2a which is in the form of a disk mountedon the lowerend of the arm and the peripheral edges of the disk project beyond thesides and end of the said arm. The top end of the arm is provided withan opening 25 to allow the same to be hung up upon a hook when not inuse.

Although, I have specifically mentioned that the key protector isprimarily intended for hotel. use, it will be appreciated that the samemay be used upon any key if it is necessary that a particular key bekept from the pocket of a user when not in use.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the key is providedwith three prominent protruding parts, namely, the opposite ends, of thekey and the lower weighted end of the swinging arm which makes it 7awkward and difficult for a person to unconsciously insert the key inhis pocket. Should a person attempt to insertthe key into his pocket,theinability to easily insert the same will arouse suspicion and causethe person to remember that it must be turned in to the custodian of thekey. Should a person accidentally succeed in forcing the key name of thehotel or owner of the key and [into his or her pocket, the same will bedisroom number, or any other suitable indicia.

While I have described What I deem to'be the mos'tdesirable embodimentofmy in- Vention, it is obvious that many of the de tails may be variedWithout in any Way de parting from the spirit of my invention, and Itherefore do not limit myself to the exact details of constructionherein set forth nor to anything less than the Whole of my inventionlimited only by the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is 1.'In a device of the class described, thecombination of a key, an armswingingly mounted on the stem thereof, andmeans for preventing longitudinal sliding movement of said key withrespect to said arm.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination ofa key, aWeighted arm swingingly mounted on the stem thereof, and meansforpreventing longitudinal sliding movement of said key with respect tosaid arm.

3. A'key'comprising a pair of separable sections, an arm swinginglymounted on one of said sections and held against sliding movement by theother of said sections, and

5. A key comprising a pair of separable sections, a weighted armswingingly mounted on one oi said sectlons and held against separationby the other of sand sections, and

means for securing said sections together,

said means includinga socket provided in one of said members forreceiving one end of the other of said members and a fastening elementpassing through said m'embers, and a yieldable cushion carried bytlieiweighted" end of said arm and extending beyond the" side edgesthereof. r

In testimony whereof I haveaflixedmy signature.

vmcrmr NIZNANSKY.

